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The Commonwealth Court dismissed the lawsuit in 2021, citing a state Supreme Court case from 1985 that upheld the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act. The law dates to 1982 and bans abortion care ...
For nearly 30 years, Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania have approved millions of taxpayer dollars for an anti-abortion program. Now the state's new governor plans to end the ...
Susan and Keith Johnson, of Chalfont, hold up signs during a rally held in downtown Doylestown Borough calling for the protection of abortion rights, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.
The issue of abortion rights is expected to play a major role this year, as it did in high court races last year and in 2023's state Supreme Court campaigns in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Those races took place the year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended nearly a half-century of a constitutional right to abortion.
The measure seeks to prevent public officials in Pennsylvania, where abortion is legal up to 24 weeks, from cooperating with authorities in other states who try to block their residents from ...
The Abortion Control Act was passed by the Pennsylvania government in 1982. The law required women seeking abortions wait 24 hours before getting an abortion, and required informed consent of parents for minor children and husbands for married women. [4] [5] It was principally written by Rep. Stephen F. Freind. [5]
Walgreens pharmacies this month are starting to carry an abortion pill for patients in Pennsylvania, one of a handful of states where the pharmacy chain will begin dispensing the drug.
Pennsylvanians can get abortions up to 24 weeks. But access advocates say there are still too many restrictions, like waiting periods, parental consent rules, and insufficient funding.